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"speaker_name": "Tharaka, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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"content": "Statutory Instruments Act further provide that scrutiny of any published instrument shall be guided by the principles of good governance, rule of law and various considerations such as any defects in drafting, expenditure from the Consolidated Fund and other public revenue, unjustifiable delay in publishing or laying the instrument before parliament, among others. Today, it is important for this Committee to state what it has done. It is considered that the work of the Committee is to annul statutory instruments when they come before the House, which is not the case. So far, out of the 74 instruments submitted in this Session, we have approved 25 of them, 38 are under consideration and we have recommended that seven be annulled, four of which have already been annulled so far. I wish to observe that in the recent months, we have witnessed an upsurge in submission of statutory instruments to the House. This is a clear indication that the Executive has finally woken up to the realisation of Parliament’s important role in the oversight of statutory instruments. It goes without emphasising that all the statutory instruments that have been brought by the Executive to the House must be considered and scrutinised to either be approved or annulled."
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